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Body Scan And Heart Meditation

by Leah Collins

Rated
5
Type
guided
Activity
Meditation
Suitable for
Everyone
Plays
11

In this guided meditation, you’ll be invited to bring gentle awareness to your body, beginning from your toes and slowly scanning upward, softening and releasing with each breath. The harmonious sounds of the crystal singing bowls and my voice will guide you into a deeper state of relaxation, presence, and inner calm. With every exhale, you’ll feel yourself sink a little further into stillness, reconnecting with your natural sense of balance and wholeness. We also take a moment of gratitude, honouring yourself for showing up, for carving out this time to nurture your body and heart.

RelaxationMeditationBody ScanBreath AwarenessGratitudeVisualizationProgressive RelaxationSelf LoveGroundingPresenceGratitude PracticeProgressive Muscle RelaxationGrounding Technique

Transcript

Take a deep breath in.

Settle your body into a comfortable position.

Relaxing your body and letting the weight of your body soften.

And as you settle yourself,

Let's take a deep breath in.

Let your shoulders drop away from your ears.

Relax your jaw.

Clench your eyes shut together and then let them soften.

Be ready to surrender to the present.

Smile and send thanks to yourself for giving yourself this time.

Exhale,

Allow your body to feel deeper and sink deeper into relaxation.

Bring your awareness to your feet and the awareness.

Allow your hips and the base of your spine to just relax.

Bring the awareness to your abdomen and just let it soften.

Imagining a balloon in your stomach and as you inhale,

The balloon expands and gets bigger and bigger.

And as you exhale,

You see a stale oxygen out of your body.

Breathing in,

Breathing in fresh,

Clean air,

Purifying your whole body.

And to the back of your lungs,

The front of your chest,

Your shoulders.

Your shoulders are dropped away from your ears and sink into the ground and are heavy.

Shoulders are where you carry the stresses of the day.

You enjoy this relaxation.

To your fingertips.

Allowing them to just soften,

Relax.

Your forearms and your elbows are relaxed.

Working up to your forearms.

To the rest of your body that is heavy and relaxed.

Bringing your awareness to your throat.

Sides,

The front and the back.

Working up to your head.

Space between your brows.

Your jaw unclenches and softens.

And your forehead is softened.

And bring the awareness to the tops of your head and the bottom of your feet and hold your whole body in awareness.

As you notice your whole body is relaxed.

There's nowhere you need to be right now.

But here,

The only movement you need to be doing is just allowing your breath to move your body.

As you breathe in.

And exhale.

With every exhale you sink deeper.

Notice the quality of your heart.

Notice the quality of your breath.

You are safe here.

Bring some gratitude into your heart and meet your heart and thank it.

Maybe you want to send your heart some love.

Maybe you just want to acknowledge the silence.

Listening to your body.

Notice how it feels.

I am present.

I'm here for myself.

I am patient.

And as you breathe in,

I want you to bring your awareness back to your whole body.

Bring yourself back into your physical body.

Feeling your head,

Arms and hands and fingers.

Your chest,

Your ribs,

Your abdomen,

Your hips,

Your legs,

Knees,

Shins,

Feet.

And I want you to wiggle your fingers and toes.

Bringing movement back into your body.

Keeping your eyes closed.

I want you to slowly roll onto your side.

Push yourself up to seated.

Rubbing the palms of your hands together.

Creating some energy,

Some friction,

Some heat.

And then putting the palms of your hands over your eyes.

Opening your eyes inside of your palms to soak up that energy.

Slowly bringing your hands to your heart and smiling to yourself,

Smiling to your heart.

Namaste.

Thank you.

You

Meet your Teacher

Leah CollinsBristol, UK

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